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Letters Patent Aro. 63,265, Zatealfllfareh 26, 1857.

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Be it known that I, B. B. LEMMAN, of Lebanon, in the county of Lebanon, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented and made a new and useful Machine for Making Paper Allumettes for gas, fire, lamp, cigar, and pipe lighters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the construction, operation, and purpose of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, in Which- Figure l represents a longitudinal section of my machine.

Figure 2, a transverse section of the same.

Figure 3, a longitudinal View (detached and inverted) and two transverse sections of the folder.

Figure 4, an end view of the carrier and guide or gauge.

I The nature of my invention consists in a machine for cutting and folding paper into strips of dilferei desired lengths, to be used as allumettes for lighting gas, fires, lamps, cigars, pipes, 85e.

In the drawings. A represents the bed or top of the frame of the machine; B, a revolving cutter or eircular saw with knife-edged teeth; C C are breaking-rollers, which also act as feeders; D is a folder; E E are pressing or finishing-rollers; F isa carrier, which is operated by hand, and the bottom of which is sufficiently roughcned to draw the paper forward when pressed upon it; it is also slightly elevated above the bed A by means of springs for the purpose of allowing the paper to pass freely under it against the guide or gauge G. At the forward end ofthe latter is an inclined plane, I-I, which raises the forward end of the carrier when it comes to this point, thus freeing the strip of paper which is out from the sheet in this movement, leaving it in position for the farther action of the rollers. C C, which crease itiand feed it forward into the folder D and pressing-rollers E E. The several rollers are of uniform diameters, and move simultaneously by means of belts and cogs.

The manner of operating this machine is as follows: The paper being prepared with its width the desired length of the allumette, and its length otherwise as convenient to handle, is placed on the bed of the machine with the left hand, one end being against the guide or gauge G. The machine being in motion, with the right hand the carrier F is pressedupon the paper and moved forward, taking the paperwith it to and through the cutter B, by which a narrow strip is eut from the sheet of paper. The forward end of the carrier then rising on the inclined plane H passes at once continuously between and through the creasing-rollers, the folder, and the pressing or nishing-rollers, leaving the allumette finished and ready for use. When the carrier is moved forward its allotted distance, upon being relieved from the pressure of ti1e-hand it returns to its starting pince by means of a spring, and is ready for a like operation. l V By means of this machine allumettes can be made rapidly and neatly, and being each formed'lihc a triangular tube readily admit of being inserted into or added to one another for longer reaching or burning for lighting purposes, es various occasions may require.

Having thus fully described the construction and operation of my machine for making allumettes, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The circular saw or cutter B, having knife-cdged teeth, opera-ting'substantially as and for the purpose herein described. i

2. In combination with the above, I claim the carrier F, substantially as and for' the purpose herein specified.

3. I claim the creasing and pressing-rollers, operating substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

'-l. I claim the folder D, in combination with the creasing and pressing-rollers, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

5. I also claim the inclined plane H, operating substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

B. B. IIEIIMAN,

Witnesses' z ANTHONY S. Enr, MARY B. LnnuAN. 

